8 ideas
14919 | Empiricists deny what is unobservable, and reject objective modality [Fraassen] |
6783 | To 'accept' a theory is not to believe it, but to believe it empirically adequate [Fraassen, by Bird] |
7458 | The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking] |
14917 | To accept a scientific theory, we only need to believe that it is empirically adequate [Fraassen] |
6784 | Why should the true explanation be one of the few we have actually thought of? [Fraassen, by Bird] |
13066 | An explanation is just descriptive information answering a particular question [Fraassen, by Salmon] |
3441 | If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace] |
7496 | Rules and duties are based on the will, as that is all we control [Montaigne] |